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What is a supermarket? In the dictionary, a supermarket is a large self-service department store. Some supermarkets have two floors. When you enter such a supermarket, an elevator will take you to the second floor .Here you can buy things such as CDS, pens, clothes, TVs and refrigerators. After you have collected the things you want to buy on the second floor, you can go downstairs to the first floor where food and drinks are sold .You can also buy fresh fruit , vegetables and meat on this floor. People like to go shopping in the supermarket. Here are some of the reasons .First ,the prices are reasonable .The prices are lower than in special shops and you can choose whatever you want ,without going place to place, Second ,the service is excellent. You can walk around freely and no one will ask you, “What can I do for you?” if you can’t find something, just ask a service person and he or she will tell you where it is at once .Third, the quality id good .If you get home and find the food has gone had, you can return it and they will say sorry and change it for you.
Nowadays may people don’t have much time to walk from one shop to another, so people choose to go to the supermarket in order to save time and money. What’s more, if you don’t want to buy anything , you can just come and look around in the supermarket .It’s a good place to have a walk.What is a supermarket?
__________________________________________________________________________.Which floor can you buy fresh fruit, vegetables and meat on in the supermarket?
__________________________________________________________________________.How many reasons are given for going shopping in a supermarket?
__________________________________________________________________________.Are the prices lower in this supermarket than these in special shops?
__________________________________________________________________________.What does the passage want to tell us?
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Potatoes are very popular today. But in the past this was not true. Potatoes grew in South America 5,000 years ago. But they only became popular in other places 200 years ago.
In the 16th century, the Spanish took the potato from South America to Europe. But the people didn’t like this strange vegetable. Some people thought that their skins would look like the skin of the plant if they ate the potato. So they only ate the leaves. This made them sick because there is poison (毒药) in the leaves.
In the 1800s, people started to eat potatoes. Potatoes became the main food in Ireland. Then something unlucky happened. In 1845, a disease killed all the potatoes in Ireland. Two million people died of hunger.
Today each country has its potato dish. Germans eat potato salad, and the USA has the baked potato. Of course, the French invented French fries.
Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Only one word for each blank.
Potatoes were____in South America 5,000 years ago. But they weren’t popular in other places
___200 years ago. In the 16th century, the Spanish took them to Europe. They ate leaves
of having potatoes. As a result, people were badly ill because of the poison in the leaves. In the 1800s, people started to eat potatoes.
___, there was something wrong with the potatoes. Two million people died because of the shortage (缺少) of potatoes in 1845. But now there are many
___of potato dishes in the world.
“Who needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao(淘宝)? I am a Taobaoer, ” says Wangfang, 28,a writer in Beijing. Taobao, China’s largest online shopping site, has become an important part of Wangfang’s life. She spends half of her salary(薪水) on Taobao.
A growing number of Chinese Internet user like Wang have found the pleasure of online shopping. Most online shoppers are students or young workers. People can find almost everything they need online, from clothes to books, from candy to DVD players. And clothing and home-use products are the most popular goods bought online.
The biggest attration for buyers is the low price of online goods. Buyers can also check the information easily. They can compare the prices of the same kind of goods from different sellers, and choose the cheapest one. When someone asks her about the safety of online shopping, Wangfang said,“It’s very safe and easy. If you can’t receive the goods from the sellers or are not satisfied with them, the shop owner will not get the money. You can also get a refund If you give the goods back.”What goods do people like to choose online best?
A.Clothing B.Candy C. BooksBuying goods online is usually than buying them from the shopping mall.
A.faster B.safer C. cheaperThe underlined word “refund”means in Chinese..
A.补偿金 B.退款 C.欠款From the passage we can learn .
A.Taobao is the largest site of online shopping in the world
B. Wangfang spends most of the money she makes online shopping
C.more and more Chinese enjoy shopping onlineThe passage mainly talk about_____
A.a shopping mall B.Taobao C. online shopping
The World Cup has been on for some days in South Africa.It’s said that more than 2.2 billion peoplep are watching the World Cup.People fly their national flags, wear football shirts and talk about the exerciting games. Also different people have their own ways to enjoy games.
Adam, a football fan, likes going to the bar to watch the games with his friends. They can chat and drink during some of the less important games. Sometimes he meets many foreigners in the bar.They like to sing songs happily, or even dance when a player scores a goal.
Ivan a university student, enjoys watching online. He says it’s hard to get together with friends on weekdays, so watching online is a really a good way to enjoy the World Cup.
A girl called janet often watches the games at home with her family. She said,“In the bar, you always meet people who support different teams, so it can be embarrasing.” She thinks the most important thing is that she feels comfortable while watching at home. She can sit any way she likes.
The World Cup makkes people excited and relaxed. No matter in what way you watch it, just enjoy soccer,just enjoy yourself.
Judge the following sentences true(T) or false(F)It’s said that over 2.2 billion people are watching the World Cup.
Adam likes watching the games with his friends in the bar.
It’s a good way for Ivan to watch the World Cup online.
Janet often watches the games at home alone.
All the people enjoy the World Cup in the same way.
On October 8,ZhouHua jian gave a performance in Tianjin.About 2500fans went to the concert to see him.Almost of them were students.Some of them were een from Beijing,the capital city of China,which is about kilometers from Tianjin.
English is now an international language.In the modern world,people need English for work and for international communication.You can use English to help you meet new people and to make new friends in every country of the world.
Everyone has his own way of relaxing.Perhas the most popular form is to take part in sports.There are team sports,such as basketball and football.There are also individual sports,such as swimming and running.Skating and mountain climbing are the most popular recreation for people who like to be outdoor.
When you are reading something in English, you may often come across a new word. What’s the best way to know it? You may look it up in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word, The pronunciation, the part of speech, the Chinese meaning and also how to use this word.
Students in many countries are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn it at school, others by themselves, a few learn English by listening to the language over the radio, on TV, or in films. One must work hard to learn another language.
Susan: Hello,. ____________ ?
Mike: Sorry, she isn’t in right now. Is that Susan speaking?
Susan: Yes. _____________ ?
Mike: This is Mike. ___________ ?
Susan: Fine,thanks. Can I take a massage?
Mike: Of course. _________, please.I’ll go and get a pen.
( Soon Mike returns )
Mike: Ok,please.
Susan: I’d like to ask her if she will go to the English Festival next week. Will you please tell her to call me back when she returns?
Mike: No problem. _______ ?
Susan: It’s 78340631.
Mike: OK, bye-bye.
Susan: Thank you.
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